Phonics

Phonics is the study of the way in which spellings represent the sounds that make up words. It is related to phonetics, which is the study of speech sounds in general.

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The European languages share the Roman alphabet, while several of the Slavic languages use the Cyrillic alphabet. Since English pronunciation rules are so inconsistent, students of the English language must memorize hundreds of words whose spelling hints at pronunciation ambiguously, if they are to pronounce such words correctly. In reading education, children are taught the phonetics of letters and how the letters combine to form other phonics and words. English-speaking children typically learn hundreds of such words, by rote, in primary school.

Spelling: Spelling is the writing of a word or words with all necessary letters and diacritics present in the correct order. It is one of the elements of orthography....

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